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kwistent.bsky.social
Kristen Martin
@kwistent.bsky.social
Author of THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW, out now from Bold Type / critic with words in NYRB, NYT Mag, WaPo, The New Republic, and elsewhere / member Freelance Solidarity Project and National Book Critics Circle / Philly / kristenmartin.net
Nope, 100% Italian! Her parents were immigrants. Though, she married an Irish American and it's possible she got it from his family
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And she was from Brooklyn and lived in NY her whole life so not just a midwestern thing!
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My grandma always did celery and olives! (Today would have been her 101st birthday!)
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And happy for any opportunity to highlight your wonderful and important book!
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am not responsible for that last one!! lol
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Reposted by Kristen Martin
Huge thanks to @kwistent.bsky.social for her incredibly generous words.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Worse: they don’t believe in germ theory!
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Also going to need a separate article about how the founder's mother was an ob-gyn
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM